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Men, gay or straight, are innately FEEDBACK attracted to youth and beauty; they always have been and likely always will be. Gay men know this and therefore Botox battles When courts judge comedy aim to enhance their own appearance I am 43 and more than happy with to attract other gay men. my lines and “imperfections” [“Battle Earle discriminated against Pardy, that his expression is limited to that The unintended consequence of EDITORIAL Lines,” Xtra #517, June 20]. They add the court ruled, dismissing Earle’s argu- which may off end the most sensitive trying to blame these natural incli- ROBIN PERELLE character and show that I have lived. ment that as a performer onstage he is member of the audience,” Earle told nations on social pressure is that we I don’t want to look like a plastic Ken If I were to tell you that entitled to express himself freely. the court. give ourselves yet another reason to doll, thanks very much. my human rights had Sure he is, the court agreed, but only “Had I used the very same language feel guilty. It’s your body, your choice, but get- been violated, what would you imagine? until he steps on someone’s toes. with a party who suff ered no loss of dig- Although we shouldn’t be slaves ting free Botox so you can peddle this That I’d been rounded up with other If that limits someone like Earle’s ex- nity or who didn’t care what a comedian to our biology, we could be easier on crap onto young gay men who are, gay people, branded, then executed and pression, it’s a reasonable loss in pursuit might say in a comedy club, recognizing ourselves by accepting that our at- as the article states, more insecure dumped in a mass grave? of a discrimination-free society, Justice the source and the circumstances, then traction to youth and beauty, and our than heterosexual men is selfi sh and That I’d been evicted from my home? Sigurdson ruled. there could be no claim,” Earle noted. desire to look good, are simply part damaging to the community. It’s time Fired from my job? Thrown off a bus Is it? What kind of society would we “Such an uncertain measure should be of our human nature. If we’re always we all accept ourselves for who we just for being diff erent? live in if performances were subject to ju- a source of the greatest concern for all advocating self-acceptance, why can’t are. We look diff erent because we are What if I told you my human rights dicial review at the end of the evening to artists, writers, entertainers and come- we accept this part of ourselves, too? meant to be. had been violated because a talentless ensure no one’s feelings had been hurt? dians who contribute to the cultural life EDDY ELMER Why are we all trying to look the VANCOUVER, BC comedian insulted me from the stage What’s next? Will I get hauled into of all Canadians.” same? Gym fi ve times a week to look and called me nasty names? court because this column offends I agree. We should all be concerned What an absolute shame that someone like clones, instead of being someone Off ensive and maybe even traumatic? someone’s sense of worth? about the rulings in this case — and the as young as this guy would even con- who just has a normal active lifestyle. Sure. Suggesting someone stick a cock Sigurdson found that Earle’s act was willingness of some community mem- sider any type of procedure(s). Hair dye, teeth bleaching, waxing, in a lesbian’s mouth to shut her up is not only abusive, but indistinguish- bers to run to the courts for validation If this guy feels at his current age body grooming, trendy tattoos, anal repugnant. But I hardly think hurt able from the service provided by the whenever their feelings have been hurt. (27) that he looks old, what the hell bleaching . . . Where will it end? feelings are on par with the denial of restaurant he was performing in and Is it because our march toward equal is he going to feel at 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 If a pornstar started binding his feet access to life, liberty, employment and therefore violated the Human Rights rights has been led by the courts that we and beyond? Sad is the word that keeps and ads in magazines told us it was basic accommodation. Code. If another judge fi nds that, like run back to them now whenever we feel coming to mind. Not the aging process, the new, hot thing, would we all do it? Lorna Pardy disagrees with me. a restaurant, a newspaper off ers a ser- picked upon? Are we no longer capable but rather the thinking process — or If people worked more on their per- She told the BC Human Rights Tri- vice customarily available to the public of discerning denial of service from lack of thinking on the part of the weak sonalities and emotional well-being, bunal in 2010 that Guy Earle’s insults and therefore must welcome everyone disagreeable ideas contrary to our own? and easily led astray. they would be a lot more attractive stripped her of her power and violated equally without making anyone feel We should be reaching for a society The whole ageism thing in the gay than some boring, dime-a-dozen clone. her human rights. The tribunal agreed unwanted, will it limit what I’m allowed in which everyone feels welcome to ex- world is truly one of the most disap- Again, it’s your body, but maybe you with her, absolving her of any respon- to express in my column? change ideas freely. Not a society where pointing things about being gay and need to do a little inner work at self- sibility in the ugly, protracted exchange That may be extreme, but when a the perspectives of the court’s pets are living in the gay community. acceptance before you go under the and laying the blame squarely on Earle, judge gets to say which expressions war- protected, while those who dare chal- On a health note, I’m sure most knife or needle in the future. with a $15,000 penalty. rant approval and which don’t, I think lenge us are silenced and punished. For doctors would tell you that anything GLENN CRAWFORD Astonishingly, the BC Supreme Court we all have cause for concern. one thing, this leads to an increasingly OTTAWA, ON that metabolizes in the body over time upheld the tribunal’s decision on June 19. “A comic cannot operate under a rule stifl ed society where only a narrow range probably isn’t very healthy. of views are tolerated. For another thing, I disagree with David Brennan’s sug- Having injections is easy, but the gestion that having cosmetic surgery The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian we may not be the court’s pets forever. truth in life is that most things that “buys into this notion that we are all people daring together to set love free. are worth doing aren’t usually easy. supposed to look a certain way, to be EMBRACE YOUR AGE Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. Robin Perelle is the managing editor of Xtra Vancouver. young and pretty.” VANCOUVER, BC

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GAY VILLAGE “It wasn’t Davie Village–centric,” he SHAUNA LEWIS adds. “It was about the West End commercial streets and where we see gaps.” The City of Vancouver’s LGBTQ adviso- Malone maintains that WEBIA ry committee has 33 recommendations should include queer consumers and to revitalize Davie Street and make the businesses in all its plans if it hopes to gay village safer, more accessible and be successful. more vibrant. Councillor Tim Stevenson agrees. “If A subcommittee of the advisory com- we didn’t have a queer lens, we wouldn’t mittee has been gathering feedback have the gay village,” he says. from the community since November “I’ve stressed to the BIA just how 2012 to contribute to the West End important it is to have gay businesses Community Plan, which city planners and to encourage gay tourism,” he says. are expected to present to city council “I think they’re making a real effort, and late this fall. we’ll ﬁnd ways of working with them to “Our focus was to ensure that the vi- further encourage our input and ideas. brant LGBTQ presence and voice in the “Above and beyond everything else Village remain an integral part of any I think it’s crucial that the Davie Vil- future planning,” says Barb Snelgrove, lage be maintained,” he says. “That is who worked with Dean Malone and Ron absolutely key.” Stipp on the subcommittee. Stevenson praises the subcommit- “With the work we have done, we tee and its Davie revitalization report. seem to be getting the attention of the “They took the process seriously and West End BIA and the West End plan- did their homework. ning committee,” Malone says. “The West End community owes the Stipp says the people he consulted committee a vote of gratitude,” he says. all offered similar suggestions. “People “The West End Plan is all that much wanted to make sure that Davie Street better for the input from this report.” remained a queer hub but [said] that One of the committee’s recommen- it also needed some enhancement,” dations will be put into effect immedi- he says. ately. The city has agreed to provide a “When you enhance the neighbour- temporary open-air celebration plaza hood and make it more vibrant, it be- in the heart of the gay village in time comes a safer neighbourhood,” Stipp for Pride weekend. says. “And people can hold hands walk- “We heard this idea from many peo- ing down the street because it is safer.” their work, we did ours, and not surpris- out to them, and we are going to work ple,” Malone says. “In the absence of a The committee’s report focuses on ingly we heard similar things.” together.” queer community centre, that some are the Davie Village’s safety, cultural and People wanted “We have received the report, and “It’s ideal if we’re on the same page,” looking for, the Bute Street plaza can be social spaces, zoning, business needs to make sure that we’re quite pleased with it,” says city WEBIA executive director Stephen a place where we can have a queer com- and traffic concerns. planner Kevin McNaney. “It very much Regan says. munity presence and also a celebration Recommendations include eliminat- Davie Street aligns with what we’ve heard from the Malone recently expressed concern place for the whole community.” ing rush-hour parking restrictions on community, and it aligns with the di- that WEBIA’s retail consultant report The plaza will offer people a place to Davie Street, reducing Davie to two remained a queer rection we’re going with West End lacked a gay perspective. socialize, eat lunch, do yoga and listen lanes, extending its sidewalks, install- hub but [said] that it planning developments to build on Regan now says he’s open to holding to live entertainment. ing more bike stands, improving the the LGBTQ identity as the heart of the focus groups and asking the advisory “We’ve been looking at sectioning off accessibility of the community policing also needed some Davie Village.” committee to “point us in the direction Bute Street near Davie, either season- centre, increasing police presence on enhancement. Malone says the advisory com- of what is needed in the Davie Village.” ally or permanently,” McNaney says. the street during events and at peak mittee is also hoping to work more But Regan maintains that the draft “We want to talk to businesses and the times, and improving street lighting, —RON STIPP closely with the West End Business of the retail consultant report cur- community, but it seems like a great including in the alleys. Improvement Association (WEBIA) so rently before the city included only opportunity.” Malone says the recommendations Barb Snelgrove, Dean Malone and it can include input from the gay com- businesses; community and consumers “This idea has been in the works dovetail with the work done to date by Ron Stipp want to make Vancouver’s munity regarding its business plans. were not the focus, he says. “We didn’t for a while, and I think the report just the city’s West End planners. “They did gay village more vibrant. SHAUNA LEWIS “[WEBIA] reached out to us, we reached put any lens on it. reinforced that,” Stevenson says.

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foot. Throughout the evening, the café Rhizome holds served dinner by donation — black bean and squash stew with a side of its farewell cornbread — and in breaks between performances, attendees were invited open house to take pictures at the photo booth and make pages to go in the Rhizome com- COMMUNITY munity ’zine. DJ Salsomana closed out ERIN FLEGG the day with a dance party. The open house was a celebration There is an old story, told by many and a goodbye, but not the official people in many ways, about hungry closing day. The café will remain open travellers who come upon a village through July and possibly into August and ask for food. Turned away at every as owners Lisa Moore and Vinetta Fear made fun. door, the travellers set about making Lenavat tie up loose ends and search stone soup. for the right people to take over the At Rhizome on June 22, Naomi lease. The official closing day depends Steinberg, executive director of the primarily on the lease transfer. Vancouver Society of Storytelling, lit Lenavat says the event was a true a small candle and began to tell of two representation of what Rhizome is women travellers who came upon a all about. “Everybody here was here hungry village. It didn’t take long for with such intention,” she says. “It was the packed-in crowd to see where this full the whole time, yet people were story was going. coming in and out. I felt like it was It was through storytelling that totally seamless, like everyone was Steinberg first came to Rhizome, connected.” and it was through this story that Susan Lee moved to Vancouver in she offered her thanks at Rhizome’s 2007 and felt immediately at home farewell open house. “What it has at Rhizome. “It felt like a place I could been for me is an extension of my bring my whole self,” she says. living room, in the sense that I feel She moved to the Mount Pleasant at home here, I feel safe here, I can neighbourhood that has been Rhi- be myself,” she says. zome’s home for the last seven years She says the connections forged in so she would be closer to the café. this place will only grow as the com- “It’s somewhere to go when things are munity decides how to move forward hard, and it’s somewhere to go when Buy passes at Little Sister’s or the Pride office. in new ways and in new spaces. I have my best news.” The event kicked off with performances by 2poc (short for 2 pansies For more on this story, of colour) and all-butch choir Lead- go to dailyxtra.com.

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“The main conclusion of my study is New study suggests gay men less that the gay community is complex,” he says. “More complex than we may preoccupied with appearance have originally thought, especially with the shifting times. The cultural STUDY cepted. As a result, they worry less about standard of attractiveness within the NIKO BELL appearances, he suggests. gay community may not be what it While Huber is confident in the ac- once was.” New research on gay men and body curacy of his research, he says it is only image suggests that gay men may be a small part of the puzzle. His study did less self-conscious than they once not ask participants about their actual were. weight, nor about muscularity, a body Andrew Huber’s findings suggest Vancouver clinical counsellor concern for many gay men. He says gay men are less appearance- focused than they used to be. Andrew Huber studied 144 gay there is a lot more work to be done. NIKO BELL men across Canada and found that immersion in gay culture had no measurable effect on the men’s preoccupation with their own appearances, how they felt about their looks, or how they rated parts of their bodies. The only significant result, in fact, was a slight link between gay culture and self-consciousness about weight. That stands at odds with decade- old research suggesting gay men are much more self-conscious and appearance-focused than their straight counterparts. “What surprised me is how little the immersion in gay culture cor- related to any of the scales,” says Huber, who conducted the study as his master’s thesis at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. “The more immersed you would be, I thought, the more time you would spend on your appearance, wanting to fit in.” Huber asked his subjects to fill out an online questionnaire about their immersion in gay culture and feelings about their own bodies. Research told him that gay men — like most people — engage in “up- ward social comparison,” weighing themselves against the most attractive members of society. Among gay men, where lean, muscular bodies are celebrated, Huber expected to find more pressure to be attractive, more anxiety about looks and more focus on physical appearance. He thinks the unexpected results may suggest a shift in gay culture and a community that is more supportive about body image. “Given my findings, people may not be getting their sense of self- worth from the gay community,” he says. He credits the shift in mainstream culture over the last decade, where gay men are more visible and ac-

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FEATURE Ramadan says it wasn’t uncommon NATASHA BARSOTTI for the men he wanted to date to beat a hasty retreat because he was so open. Hidden in his bedroom, home alone “It’s actually an extremely negative with the classmate he made out with thing. They are like, ‘You are going to for hours each day, 15-year-old Danny bring shame to me; you are going to bring Ramadan believed he and his friend fadeiha” — an Arabic word for scandal. were the only two of their kind in Syria. Ramadan says the percentage of gay “I didn’t even realize that there are people who end up in traditional mar- other people who are gay in the world,” riages in Syria is high. Ramadan says now, somewhat pixilated “It’s something you are trained to do,” Danny Ramadan (right) over Skype. he explains. “Religion says so, society wants to be able to hold hands with his “It was our little secret, and it was full says so, the family says so, the sheikh boyfriend in the street, of shame and full of sin, full of weird at the mosque says so, the priest at the without having to make feelings... hard to describe.” church says so, the teachers say so, your sure no one's watching. His former classmate is now married older brother — every single person COURTESY OF DANNY RAMADAN to a woman and lives abroad. Ramadan tells you as a man, you don’t leave your lives quietly in Lebanon, hoping to come family house for any reason other than to Canada as a refugee. to go to wife’s house. For women, it’s ness of their rights and their needs than calling for revolution so they can have in four or five more years, adopt chil- He, too, left Syria, only to return two the same.” the gay community. gay sex in the streets.” dren, and in 15 more years, regret years ago after nearly a decade of no- While he believes that the strong “The fact that a feminist movement is Anyone caught having gay sex faces adopting children. You know what madic self-discovery in which he im- family structure in Syria is conducive to overdue in Syria will add momentum to up to three years in prison and is subject I mean?” mersed himself in all things gay. building community, he says it doesn’t the lesbian movement in Syria as well,” to public shaming through the publica- Ramadan and Aamer (who is not “I studied it, I read about it, I learned leave room for difference. Ramadan says. tion of their photos and warnings for out to his family and requested his full to speak English, and I spent hours and Ramadan holds out little hope for a A possible catch is if an Islamic decree people, especially children, to avoid name not be published) now live in hours reading about it just to under- politically active gay movement in Syria. is introduced that bars women from them. Lebanon, where Ramadan was hired stand,” he says. Should one arise, he thinks lesbians basic education or prevents them from Compounding the challenges of be- as a reporter by the Beirut office ofThe He speaks of the Damascus to which would be at its forefront because of openly expressing their opinions, he ing gay in Syria is the reality of being Washington Post. he returned in February 2011 in terms the particular challenges women face. notes. “Then we can say our farewells caught up in the intense violence that For Ramadan, gay life in Lebanon is that approach culture shock. “While men in Syria might have their to a feminist movement, LGBT move- has pervaded the country for more than “a bit more evolved” than in Syria. He “The gay community in Syria reminds ‘play time’ for a while — as they might ment and any other social movement two years. points to the existence of a gay rights me of the gay community in the States be able to postpone the wedding bells you might think of.” The area where Ramadan lived in Da- group, Helem, and greater access to or in Canada back in the 1920s. Nobody until they are late into their 30s — mascus was the scene of rocket attacks. information that creates self-awareness wants to speak about it; nobody wants women who are not married by their At one point, a sniper took up residence and acceptance. to be a part of it,” he says. mid-20s are considered spinsters and he ongoing political chaos in Syria in a back alley near his house. Still, the community in Lebanon is “It was shocking to see how nobody people might look down upon them,” makes nonsense of attempts to The only safe room was the bathroom, not free from harassment and public knows who they are. They are just drift- he says. jump-start a social movement, where he and his partner, Aamer, played humiliation. ing through life trying to figure it out, or “Also, women are under constant T regardless of the direction people cards and backgammon to the back- About two months ago, the mayor trying to ignore it, or trying to just pass lockdown in most Syrian families, who may want to take it, Ramadan says. ground of crossfire on the streets. of the suburban town of Dekwaneh time until they are pressured enough by are traditionally more scared for their “It ruins the possibility for the com- Ramadan jokes it was his unholy ordered a raid on a gay-friendly their families to get married.” honour,” he explains. munity to evolve beyond being just a meeting with Aamer in May 2012 that club that led to the rounding up of Ramadan felt like he was the only “Ridiculous as it may sound, the fact sexual community into a cultural entity brought the crisis to Damascus. patrons who were allegedly beaten, one who was out to his family and, in a that women are under so much pressure and a social entity.” forced to undress and photographed limited way, at work. due to the small details preventing them He says the ruling regime invokes the naked, the Beirut-based Al-Akhbar He says he’s never felt comfortable, from being truly themselves — don’t be negative perception of homosexuality amadan says his growing disil- reported. even among other gay Syrians, who late, don’t befriend that person, don’t to tarnish the reputation of opposition lusionment with gay life in Syria, According to the report, Antoine constantly question how open he is wear this, don’t do this, don’t do that — politicians, labelling them louti, Arabic plus a longing for the routine of Shakhtoura ordered the shutdown of about his sexuality. is what is going to push them to revolt,” for faggot. R “normal” life, compelled him to the club Ghost, claiming it promoted “Everybody was like, ‘What does he predicts. “They would say it out loud on TV, find a way out. prostitution, drugs and homosexuality. gay mean? Why do you want to be out, Syrian women are strong, he says, how so-and-so from the opposition is “I wanted to be in a relationship that “I went inside... I saw people kiss- and why are you so proud of that? You and the women of the lesbian commu- louti and they are not calling for revolu- in 10 years, we would move to a dif- ing, touching each other, and a man shouldn’t be proud of that.’” nity have “by far” a more acute aware- tion because revolution is good; they are ferent country and get married, and wearing a skirt. These homosexual acts

12 JULY 4–17, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS that are happening... are scandalous ister Jason Kenney announced that documentation and settlement. sexual acts,” Shakhtoura reportedly Citizenship and Immigration Canada “There’s lots of resources in our AIDSWALKVan told Al-Akhbar. (CIC) would partner with the Rainbow community,” Meadows says. “It’s just a “Of course we made them take off Refugee Committee (RRC) to provide question of coordinating them.” AIDSWALKVan their clothes. We saw a scandalous up to $100,000 over three years to help Settlement is really the most im- situation and we had to know what settle gay refugees in Canada. portant part of sponsorship, Meadows AIDSWALKVan these people were. Is it a woman or a According to CIC, the funds will go stresses. AIDSWALKVan man?” Shakhtoura said. toward three months of income support “It’s what their community of hope Among those arrested were “people for each refugee that RRC or its partner looks like.” AIDSWALKVan from the Syrian community and a organizations sponsor. Sponsors have to The process of bringing the two men Lebanese transsexual woman, who provide refugees with orientation ser- here could take about two years. was harassed and forced to undress vices, accommodation, basic household “It sounds like a miracle to me,” in the municipal headquarters,” needs, basic food staples and clothing for Ramadan says. aidswalkvancouver.ca Helem founder Charbel Maydaa told the duration of the sponsorship period. “We’re ready for the next chapter of Al-Akhbar. The cost to sponsor one refugee for a our book,” Ramadan says, when asked The report notes that Helem had year works out to about $11,800. how he feels about the prospect of hav- been checking up on the club, as police Meadows hopes to sponsor Ramadan ing to wait for two more years. “I hope regularly target it. and Aamer to bring them to Vancouver. it happens. I want it to happen.” Ramadan says he also leads an un- Last month he spearheaded the easy life in Beirut as a Syrian refugee launch of the Danny and Aamer Foun- To donate to the trust account for who is opposed to Syria’s ruling Assad dation of Hope, with its own Facebook Danny and Aamer, go to vancity.com. regime, which is supported by the page and teams responsible for in- Vancity Savings: Account 162776 Step Out Lebanon-based Shiite group Hezbollah. ternet fundraising, local fundraising, Branch 28 Plan 24 Savings “I feel threatened all the time, especially as I am a journalist. My name is at least twice a week on the front with Us! page of The Washington Post, so that’s

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July 24 – August 9 TOUGH LANGUAGE & TENDER WISDOMS Gallery Hours: 11am - 10pm Mon-Fri | 11am - 4:30pm Sat-Sun A Memoir Writing Workshop for Transgressive Voices led by Amber Dawn Fri Jul 26 | 6-8:30pm Sat Jul 27 | 2-4:30 pm LIKLIK PIK YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN Co-presented with the Powell Street Festival Montreal choreographer George Stamos KNOWING NOT KNOWING explores the animal urges in men. These Blending Noh, Chinese Opera, Chinese, guys are pigs. Japanese and First Nations Mythology, and Dance Improvisation & Technique Workshop by Liklik Pik choreographer George Stamos. Fri Jul 26 | 7:30pm Rock Operatics into a sensory feast. Sat Aug 3 | 7:30 pm Sat Jul 27 | 12-2 pm BI, HUNG, FIT... AND MARRIED BIG GAY SING! WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT A one-man show written and performed by With the Vancouver Men’s Chorus OPERA OUTREACH Mark Bentley Cohen. This interactive audience sing-along is the When the Sun Comes Out explores issues of homophobic Jul 25, 28, Aug 6 | 7:30 pm perfect way to keep the celebration going violence and the search for safety, community, and Jul 27 | 3:00 pm after the parade: karaoke with glitter! home. QAF’s workshops create opportunities for you to share your own queer migration stories. Sun Aug 4 | 7:30 pm CLEAN SHEETS 2013 Rainbow Refugee Discussion Forum Co-presented with the frank theatre company WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT Hosted by Rainbow Refugee Coalition and SFU Woodwards Office of Community Engagement Theatrical readings of the best new queer A story of forbidden love, divided loyalties, plays in Canada. and culture clash. The world premiere of At SFU Woodwards 7:00 pm - Inna di Wardrobe by Deidre Canada’s first lesbian opera, by Leslie Uyeda Sun Jul 28 | 5-7 pm “D-Lishus” Walton and Rachel Rose, commissioned by QAF. Aug 5, 7, 9 | 7:30 pm 8:30 pm - All In by Jan Derbyshire Escape Artists Mon Jul 29 Writing workshop with Karen X. Tulchinsky LITERARY SOIRÉE Aug 1 | 7-9 pm FRUIT FLAMBÉ A Celebration of Poets & Writers In partnership with The Cultch’s IGNITE! Hosted by Rachel Rose Youth-driven Arts Festival VISUAL ARTS MIXED MEDIA WORK- Readings and conversation with Rachel Rose, Billeh Nickerson, Betsy Warland, Gregory SHOPS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES The flaming fruition of our six-week trans- With Roxanne Gagnon disciplinary youth mentoring program: per- Scofield, and Rebecca Brown. formance art meets indie rock spiced with Tue Aug 6 | 7:30 pm Get honest, a little dirty, and gain a better understand- Burlesque and interjected with slam poetry! ing of your artistic expression and your connection to Jul 30 & 31 | 7:30 pm community. DANCE OUT LOUD For queer and allied youth: Co-presented by Kinesis Dance somatheatro Fri | Aug 2 | 7-9:30 pm REFLECTION/REFRACTION in partnership with Our City of Colours Sat | Aug 3 | 3-5:30 pm 5 performing artists create 5 new works in Dancers explore the theme of identity and response to 5 short films, curated by Jen how it affects the performer’s relationship For queer families: Crothers and Kristina Lemieux. to the physical space. Mon | Aug 5 | 4-6 pm Thu Aug 1 | 7:30 pm Thu Aug 8 | 7:30 pm

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Will & Grace that cemented his career and ‘Everything won him an Emmy. “I’ll tell you what,” Jordan begins, in his I was ashamed cozy Tennessee twang, “after all is said and done, I won that award for a television of as a kid made show that has done so much for our tribe. I always say, there are two ways to combat me my fortune’: homophobia: through humour or by putting a face on the victims. That show did both.” His new one-man stage show, Fruit Fly, was Leslie Jordan inspired by photos of his childhood in Chatta- nooga with his Southern-belle mother, Peggy COVER STORY Ann, still the most important person in his life. SERAFIN LARIVIERE “I’m happier now than I have ever been in my (WITH FILES FROM MARK ROBINS) life,” he says. “I’ve done so much, but I’m nowhere near to the point of being put out to pasture.” While his face is certainly recognizable, it’s In addition to Fruit Fly, Jordan is also back on Leslie Jordan’s voice that is unmistakable: television in the comedy series The Exes, starring a delicious, wry drawl that mixes good ol’ Seinfeld’s Wayne Knight and 3rd Rock from the Southern-boy charm with naughty gay man Sun’s Kristen Johnston, and is in talks for a web se- to perfection. ries that will air as fi ve-minute online webisodes. From his early days on shows like Newhart “I don’t even know what a web series is! And to his hilarious scene-stealing antics on Will & they want to do it in fi ve minutes? What can Grace, Jordan has fulfi lled that rarest of media I possibly do in fi ve minutes? We’re making roles — the eff eminate, openly gay actor. comedy for no one to watch,” he blurts out I was a frightened teenager when I fi rst saw unedited. Jordan on TV. I could scarcely believe my eyes At 58 years of age, Jordan has lived (and ears) when this tiny man fl ounced his way through many of the political and health across the screen in a confi dent, unapologetic crises that have faced our community and manner that made me realize, “Holy shit . . . I’m has emerged grateful for having survived not the only one!” the experiences. To readers still in their teens and 20s, this “I buried an entire telephone directory to may not seem a big deal — but let me tell you, AIDS in the ’80s,” he says. “Honey, I was right to a closeted gay kid in the late 1980s who felt there in the alleys and the dirty bookstores, and completely isolated and alone, it was the fucking there’s no reason for me to be here now. Then Second Coming. Our tenuous foothold in the the ’90s came and we all discovered crystal meth mainstream media is due entirely to trailblazing until it turned on us like a mother-in-law. So eff orts by fearless fairies like Jordan. After all, when they call me to come and help out, I come.” the vast majority of gay actors stay fi rmly in the Proceeds from Fruit Fly’s two-night stop in closet for the sake of their careers, hiding behind Vancouver, produced by the non-profi t Fillmore bachelor swordsman images or the occasional Family Foundation, will benefit Out accommodating wife. FRUIT FLY, in Schools, A Loving Spoonful and the LESLIE JORDAN Jordan himself admits to early attempts at Sat, July 6 & Sun, July 7, McLaren Housing Society. butching up his image to snag roles. Fortunately 7:30pm “I am of the first generation of gay for us, these efforts were largely doomed to Orpheum Annex men who have anything to pass on to “I was never in the closet,” says actor 823 Seymour St failure. Leslie Jordan. “My agent would call pulled it off until my friend said, $55–75 the younger generation,” Jordan says. “I was never in the closet, even though there me for auditions and say, ‘Okay, Leslie, ‘Oh, honey, I was watching it fi llmorefamily.ca “Hell, I remember Stonewall! But will were certainly plenty of us in the business,” he keep your feet on the ground, your with a bunch of people who they listen? I don’t know. They’re so busy says. “My agent would call me for auditions and hands at your side and your voice in didn’t know you, and the minute you opened twittering each other, but we need to pass our say, ‘Okay, Leslie, keep your feet on the ground, the lower register.’” your mouth, they said, “Get a load of her!”’ stories on and to let kids know that things change. REACTION PRODUCTIONS your hands at your side and your voice in the I guess I just couldn’t wash the sissy off .” “I mean, look at me: everything I was ashamed lower register.’” The actor was sure his ruse had Sissy or not, Jordan’s eff ervescence and fl aw- of as a kid — being short [he’s four-foot-11], being proved successful when he was cast as a straight less timing kept him in regular work in shows gay — it’s made me my fortune. I just want to guy on Ellen DeGeneres’s eponymous sitcom like Dharma & Greg, Ally McBeal and Boston go back to tough guys in high school who’d yell back in the 1990s. Legal. But it was his note-perfect role as trophy ‘smear the queer’ at me during dodgeball and “Oh, I butched it up and thought I completely husband Beverley Leslie on the groundbreaking say, “Hey, kiss my rich gay ass!”

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MUSIC UNLEASH YOUR SONDI BRUNER POTENTIAL! Melissa Ferrick has played nearly a Come work with us! dozen gigs in Vancouver. She always flies into Seattle first, then climbs into If you: Love pets, want p/t work, and have a rental car to relish the scenic, solitary “I’ve been touring alone for pet food retail experience, then email drive north. so long, this is a breath of your resume to [email protected] fresh air for me,” Melissa When she arrives here Ferrick says. this month to play at the JOEL BENJAMIN WISE Hall in support of her latest CD, The Truth who had fallen by the way- “Now that I have some community Is, she’ll be a little less side during her former at Berklee, I’m noticing how much solitary, with a full band, relationship. my body and soul have been depleted a stable teaching job and While the singer-song- of that,” Ferrick says. “I’m laughing a a healthy new relation- writer has been lumped lot and smiling a lot these days. I feel ship in tow. into the category of folk really connected to the work I’m do- “There’s something to or alt-rock in the past, ing and how I’m living my life, and I be said for being seen and allowing she says she’s finally settled into her think my long-time fans will be happy people to know you. And being a travel- true style, which she describes as to see that.” ling musician is a really good way to not Americana. Ferrick is looking forward to play- let anybody know you,” she says. “It’s The new songs reflect ing for her Vancouver been great to have a group of people her newfound stabil- MELISSA FERRICK audience. “It’s a relief around me. I’ve been touring alone ity in her personal and Fri, July 19 to have so many peo- Doors 8pm, show 9pm for so long, this is a breath of fresh professional life, too. WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St ple be so considerate, air for me.” No longer a transient $15 advance at Little polite, responsive and Sister’s, 1238 Davie St, The Truth Is chronicles the devastat- performer, Ferrick men- and Highlife Records, respectful of your mu- ing end of Ferrick’s last relationship, tors young artists as a 1317 Commercial Dr, sic,” she says. “It really the discovery of hope and renewal, professor in the song- or at the door. feels like a night out for and the joy of unearthing love again. writing department at the community. People After many years of releasing music Boston’s Berklee College of Music get dressed up; they’re psyched to be under her own label, she produced and is enjoying the rewards of a new there. They’re just out to have a great this album under MPress Records and relationship with a composed, self- evening, and it makes me really happy collaborated with musician friends sufficient woman. that I can be a catalyst for that.”

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